Andrea Riseborough, Egg Freezing, Women in Qatar
Andrea Riseborough on her latest role in Mathilda, and we discuss how reliable it is to freeze your eggs to ensure having a baby.
The actor Andrea Riseborough has taken on roles ranging from Margaret Thatcher to Stalinβs daughter. But now sheβs playing someone quite different: Mrs Wormwood in the new Matilda the Musical film, which will be released in cinemas on Friday 25th November. The film is an adaptation of Tim Minchinβs hit West End musical of the same name, and stars Emma Thompson as Mrs Trunchbull and Stephen Graham as Mr Wormwood. Andrea joins Emma Barnett to discuss what itβs like capturing the camp, comedy, and darkness of one of Roald Dahlβs most famous and reviled characters.
As Jennifer Aniston speaks publicly for the first time about her fertility struggles and says she wishes someone had told her to βFreeze your eggs. Do yourself a favourβ, Emma talks to one woman whoβs put her future on ice, and a lecturer in Womenβs Health from UCL whoβs warning against women viewing egg freezing as a guaranteed insurance policy.
In the run up to the menβs football World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar, it was the England women's footballers who were the most outspoken about staging the tournament in a country which outlaws being gay and where womenβs rights are severely curtailed. On Womanβs Hour yesterday we asked if there was any point in further protests as fans now clamour to enjoy the game β today we ask Rothna Begum, Senior Womenβs Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch, how the tournament is affecting women in Qatar.
Tampax has been causing quite a stir on social media after a Tweet they posted went viral. Putting its own spin on the popular 'You are in their DMs' memes about men approaching women flirtatiously on social media, the tampon company explicitly referenced how its products are used by women in a tweet on Monday, writing, 'You're in their DMs. We're in them. We are not the same'. The post has racked up more than 360,000 likes and 73,600 retweets proving that there were plenty of fans, but critics accused the brand of going too far and calling people to #BoycottTampax. Emma speaks to Chella Quint, the founder of Period Positive, a menstruation education advisor, comic and author of the books 'Be Period Positive' and 'Own Your Period'.
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